Husbands and wives
The crossword clue "Husbands and wives" is answered by MATES, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
MATES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MATES answer page.
Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for MATES
Every other clue in this collection answered by MATES, most used first.
- Spouses - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Partners - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Crew members - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Chess wins - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- Chess endings - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Perth pals - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- British buddies - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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